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We report on the first wide-field, very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) survey at 90 cm. The survey area consists of two overlapping 28 deg^2 fields centred on the quasar J0226+3421 and the gravitational lens B0218+357. A total of 618…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Emil Lenc , Mike A. Garrett , Olaf Wucknitz , James M. Anderson , Steven J. Tingay

We present radio and optical analysis of a sample of Low Luminosity Compact (LLC) objects, selected from FIRST survey and observed with MERLIN at L-band and C-band. The main criterion used for selection was luminosity of the objects and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-06-30 M. Kunert-Bajraszewska , A. Labiano , M. P. Gawronski

Global VLBI observations at 5 GHz have been performed to study the source morphology in 10 compact steep-spectrum (CSS) sources selected from the Peacock & Wall catalogue with the aim of finding asymmetric structures produced by the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 D. Dallacasa , M. Orienti , C. Fanti , R. Fanti , C. Stanghellini

We use results of angular clustering measurements in 3000 sq. deg's of the FIRST radio survey to infer information on spatial clustering. Measurements are compared with CDM-model predictions. Clustering of FIRST sources with optical ID's in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-27 C. M. Cress , FIRST collaboration

The incidence of young but fading radio sources provides important information on the life cycle of radio emission in radio-loud active galactic nuclei. Despite its importance for constraining the models of radio source evolution, there are…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-05-03 M. Orienti , M. Murgia , D. Dallacasa , G. Migliori , F. D'Ammando

We present an analysis of the detection fraction and the number counts of radio sources imaged with Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) at 1.4 GHz as part of the mJIVE-20 survey. From a sample of 24,903 radio sources identified by…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-08-31 S. Rezaei , J. P. McKean , A. T. Deller , J. F. Radcliffe

Weak lensing by large-scale mass inhomogeneities in the Universe induces correlations in the observed ellipticities of distant sources. We first review the harmonic analysis and statistics required of these correlations and discuss…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Marc Kamionkowski , Arif Babul , Catherine M. Cress , Alexandre Refregier

In an attempt to increase the number of known microquasars, Paredes et al. (2002) have presented a long-term project focused on the search for new objects of this type. They performed a cross-identification between X-ray and radio catalogs…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Ribo , E. Ros , J. M. Paredes , M. Massi , J. Marti

Compact steep-spectrum (CSS) and peaked spectrum (PS) radio sources are compact, powerful radio sources. The multi-frequency observational properties and current theories are reviewed with emphasis on developments since the earlier review…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-04-07 Christopher P. O'Dea , D. J. Saikia

The Red-Sequence Cluster Survey (RCS) is a 100 square degree galaxy cluster survey designed to provide a large sample of optically selected clusters of galaxies with redshifts 0.1<z<1.4. The survey data are also useful for a variety of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Henk Hoekstra , Howard Yee , Mike Gladders

VLBA observations at 18 cm are presented for 28 Compact Steep-spectrum radio Sources (CSSs) from the B3-VLA CSS sample. These sources were unresolved in previous VLA observations at high frequencies or their brightness distribution was…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. Dallacasa , S. Tinti , C. Fanti , R. Fanti , L. Gregorini , C. Stanghellini , M. Vigotti

According to the currently accepted paradigm compact steep spectrum (CSS) sources are precursors of larger/older objects and gigahertz peaked spectrum (GPS) sources may be earlier stages of CSS sources. In this paper we confront this…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Andrzej Marecki , Ralph E. Spencer , Magdalena Kunert

EVN and MERLIN observations at 18 cm are presented for 18 Compact Steep--spectrum radio Sources (CSSs) from the B3-VLA CSS sample. These sources were marginally resolved in previous VLA A-configuration observations at 4.9 and 8.4 GHz or had…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. Dallacasa , C. Fanti , S. Giacintucci , C. Stanghellini , R. Fanti , L. Gregorini , M. Vigotti

We report first X-ray Chandra observations of a sample of seven low luminosity compact (LLC) sources. They belong to a class of young compact steep spectrum (CSS) radio sources. Four of them have been detected, the other three have upper…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 M. Kunert-Bajraszewska , A. Labiano , A. Siemiginowska , M. Guainazzi

Context: To investigate the joint evolution of active galactic nuclei and star formation in the Universe. Aims: In the 1.4 GHz survey with the Australia Telescope Compact Array of the Chandra Deep Field South and the European Large Area ISO…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 E. Middelberg , R. P. Norris , S. Tingay , M. Y. Mao , C. J. Phillips , A. W. Hotan

We present the results of 5-GHz observations with the VLA A-array of a sample of candidate Compact Steep Spectrum sources (CSSs) selected from the S4 survey. We also estimate the symmetry parameters of high-luminosity CSSs selected from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 D. J. Saikia , S. Jeyakumar , C. J. Salter , P. Thomasson , R. E. Spencer , F. Mantovani

While the strategy for the first applications of weak lensing has been to ``go deep'' it is equally interesting to use one's telescope time to instead ``go wide''. The Sloan Survey (SDSS) provides a natural framework for a very wide area…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-12 Albert Stebbins , Tim Mckay , Joshua A. Frieman

We present radio observations of 19 candidate compact steep-spectrum (CSS) objects selected from a well-defined, complete sample of 52 B2 radio sources of intermediate strength. These observations were made with the VLA A-array at 4.835…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. J. Saikia , P. Thomasson , R. E. Spencer , F. Mantovani , C. J. Salter , S. Jeyakumar

We present the data and analysis of VLBI observations at 1.6, 5 and 15 GHz of a sample of faint Gigahertz Peaked Spectrum (GPS) sources selected from the Westerbork Northern Sky Survey (WENSS). The 5 GHz observations involved a global array…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Ignas Snellen , Richard Schilizzi , Huib-Jan van Langevelde

The NRAO Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) was used at 1.4 GHz to image 20 compact sources in the inner 1-degree radius of the Spitzer VLA First-Look Survey. Twelve sources were detected with the VLBA, with peak flux densities above 2 mJy at…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. M. Wrobel , M. A. Garrett , J. J. Condon , R. Morganti